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Ukraine prosecutors urge court not to hear Tymoshenko appeal
Ukrainian prosecutors on Tuesday urged an appeals court not to hear the appeal of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] in her corruption trial. Prosecutors told the court that Tymoshenko's trial had already (More) |
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Ukraine opposition suing president for crimes against Ukrainian people
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych [official website, in Ukrainian; JURIST news archive] with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna , the poli (More) |
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Tymoshenko ally sentenced to additional 2 years in prison
A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the former interior minister under ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive]. Yuriy Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced for negligence (More) |
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Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders' appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court decision prohibiting former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] and former interior affairs minister Yuriy Lutsenko (More) |
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Ukraine court postpones Tymoshenko tax evasion trial
A Ukrainian Court on Tuesday postponed the tax evasion trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] after she declined to participate in the trial via a video link. A lawyer for Tymoshenko said t (More) |
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Ukraine president signs Russian language bill
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes Russian the official language in parts of former Soviet republic within the country. Opponents of the bill heavily criticized the move, condemning the bill as a c (More) |
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Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern (More) |
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Slovakia to seek extradition of accused Nazi from Hungary
Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minist (More) |
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Tymoshenko asks Ukraine court to excuse her from trial for health reasons
Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] on Monday requested permission to be absent from her tax evasion trial proceedings, which are scheduled to resume on July 31. Tymoshenko reportedly asked (More) |
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Ukraine court further postpones tax evasion trial of former PM due to health
A Ukraine judge on Monday again postponed the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive]. Judge Kostyantyn Sadovsky for the court in the city of Kharkiv held that it would be impossible to pr (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
